Microsoft Employees Are Easy To Work With
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Guy Kawasaki in his talk with Steve Ballmer at Mix08 said that the new Microsoft employee is much easier to work with. Being a developer in Sydney Australia I confidently say that I agree with Guy 100%++. I do not know of any other company where I can talk to its employees on IM and get my queries answered instantly. At times I have asked simple and silly questions to people who work at Microsoft Australia and to people in Redmond and not once have I been denied an answer.
Other than being helpful I have also found many Microsoft employees to be encouraging. For example I started participating in the community after my first meeting with Frank Arrigo. It was Frank who encouraged me to give my first presentation on WPF at SDNUG and Sydney .NET User Group. And since then I have made it a point to participate in community whenever I can.
Another thing I realise is that it is not just an initial push and then you are forgotten. After my first presentation, I was encouraged by Charles Sterling to continue delivering more on WPF. The result of this motivation led me to present at Code Camp, Hands on Labs at Dimension Data, WPF training for all at New Horizons and Present WPF at ACS. These events were made possible due to dedicated efforts of Charles Sterling and Andrew Coates. Lately I have interacted with Greg Willis and Michael Kordahi from DPE team and I find that they bring the same energy and dedication, and are ever helping.
So to sum it up I agree with Guy Kawasaki. Were else do you see a CEO of a multi-billion dollars company performing Web Developers…Web Developers…Web Developers…
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